New Projectkin series with Jane Hutcheon, “Forget-me-not: How We Memorialise”
In case you missed it, Projectkin will host a brilliant new, 6-part series with Jane Hutcheon starting Oct 15/16. The series explores how we memorialize and celebrate the stories of our loved ones.
From my first conversations with
about storytelling and family stories, the topic of memorialization1 kept coming up. Exploring her Lost in Shanghai series about her late mother, I could now see end-of-life celebrations as projects — a special form of storytelling.Then, after participating in two memorials this year, the concept latched on. I was hooked. From orders of service to photographs, I realized that a very important form of family storytelling was at work.
I wanted to examine it for Projectkin.org.
With her continued interest in the topic, Jane proposed creating a six-part interview series for Projectkin. I jumped at the opportunity, and I hope you’ll join me in welcoming her to the first episode on Tuesday, October 15th, in the Americas, and Wednesday, October 16th, in New Zealand, Australia, and East Asia.
Episode 1 featuring ’s conversation with Professor Gordon Coonfield is now available at Projectkin.org/forget-me-not and below:
Coming soon are:
Episode 2: Nov. 20th (special time to accommodate Jane’s interview with Peter Billingham at midnight ). Learn more & register.
Episode 3: Dec. 17/18 (returning to the “Pacific” times, featuring an interview with James Ware). Learn more & register.
Jane shares her perspective on putting the series together in a post released today in Australia.
Jane is very well known in Australia for her 25 years as a journalist and the creator and former host of the ABCTV interview show One Plus One. Many of us in the Family History and Genealogy communities on Substack recognize Jane for her thoughtful posts for
in which she also shares insights on difficult conversations and aging.These three topics are intertwined in our multidimensional relationships with our loved ones.
I hope you’ll join me as a community member in this remarkable series. You’re welcome to add your comments and questions below or in our members-only Projectkin chat.
By the way, should you wonder about spelling, please understand that as an American, I’m at the rough frontier of the English language. I defer to our writer's preference to accommodate spelling variances across the Anglophone world.
Here, Jane is the author for the program (hence “How We Memorialise.”) In this post, I am the author (so I’ve used “memorialization” and “aging.”) My spellchecker is only grudgingly working overtime, so please let me know if it missed anything. 😉
This looks really interesting, Barbara. Thanks for sharing.
This was a wonderful start to what I'm sure will be a great series of presentations.